FirstEnergy reported earnings of nearly $1B last year, but expects its customers to foot the bill for its $108M accounting screw up. energyandpolicy.org/firstenergy-...

Voters had receipts.

There's a campaign underway in Michigan to rein in runaway political spending by monopoly utilities and certain other corporations. Half the funds raised so far to oppose the measure trace back to Consumers Energy. energyandpolicy.org/consumers-en...

A new Michigan ballot initiative aims to keep monopoly utility money out of politics. You'll be shocked to hear who coughed up half the cash raised so far to fight... Find out here: energyandpolicy.org/consumers-en...

"Bills are going to go up — dramatically," said Kerwin Olson of Indiana's Citizens Action Coalition. Ratepayers "can't afford to pay what they're paying today. And disappointingly, the commission somehow justified that this proposal satisfies the affordability pillar of state policy."

Oh look, data center developers want more data centers. Who would have guessed? The Missourians for Data and Technology Advancement coalition, which launched Monday, said they aim to promote "smart, sustainable, and transparent data center development." www.ksdk.com/article/news...

When industry proposes "alternative ratemaking" as a means to reduce regulatory lag...we can't always believe them. Often this is used as a guise to introduce rate plans that reduce oversight around large-scale buildout that customers end up paying for. thenevadaindependent.com/article/sout...

Doesn't look like clean energy is raising the rates for folks in El Paso - looks like an expensive gas plant and shareholder profits instead! El Paso Electric is in the final stages of securing a rate increase that could raise bills ~$22/month. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/26/e...

"Data Center Developers 🤝 Utilities A new coalition launched in MO on Monday made up of what appears to be developers, utilities, and industry allies (🚩) stated they hope to promote data center transparency. Smells like manufactured support. www.ksdk.com/article/news...

"Legislation being considered in MA would spare customers of Liberty Utilities, which is currently seeking a significant rate hike, hundreds of thousands of dollars, an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute has found. energyandpolicy.org/liberty-util...

SIGNED! 🥳🥳🥳💪💪💪 A massive victory for holding monopoly utilities accountable to their customers, and for lowering Californian utility bills. Thank you to @governor.ca.gov, @asmmarcberman.bsky.social, @senmcnerney.bsky.social, @earthjustice.org, The Utility Reform Network for all your leadership!

The trade group for electric utilities opposes the EPA proposal to scrap the greenhouse gas endangerment finding, arguing it would make companies even more vulnerable to lawsuits like the one Carrboro, NC, filed against Duke Energy over its climate deceptions. www.regulations.gov/comment/EPA-...

The same BlackRock subsidiary that’s trying to buy Minnesota Power over the objections of consumer advocates is also trying to buy AES, which has electric utilities in Indiana and Ohio www.reuters.com/markets/deal...

"These folks are just so vulnerable," EPI's Jonathan Kim told @ksdknews.bsky.social, following the St. Louis Board of Aldermen passing a resolution asking Ameren to suspend electricity disconnections for survivors of the devastating tornado that hit in May. www.ksdk.com/article/mone...

“The source of Duke’s liability is their deception. It’s not emissions,” said Matthew Quinn, attorney for the plaintiffs.

Last month utilities, fossil fuel companies, and other aligned groups filed comments supporting a pair of Trump administration proposals to repeal the EPA limits on harmful emissions of air pollution and GHGs from power plants. energyandpolicy.org/utilities-ma...

New from @apnews.com: A fight has erupted in northern MN over the proposed private equity buyout of Duluth-based utility Minnesota Power. If approved, the sale could determine how private equity firms expand their utility holdings amid a rush to cash in on data centers. apnews.com/article/big-...

Florida Power & Light's historic rate case proposes to shift significant costs to everyday Floridians - a $9.819 billion request to increase rates and an 11.9% return on equity. The FL Public Service Commission will make a decision before the end of 2025. energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...

"BlackRock has a long history of investing in companies that trample tribal sovereignty. When profit is at stake, Indigenous rights are dismissed. That’s why Minnesotans should be deeply concerned about this proposed takeover of Minnesota Power." www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

Carrboro, North Carolina, took Duke Energy to court after a @energyandpolicy.org report detailed how, as early as the 1960s, precursors to Duke Energy were warned about how their pollution could fuel climate change but then proceeded to promote climate denial to the public.

Florida Power & Light's historic rate case proposes to shift significant costs to everyday Floridians - a $9.819 billion request to increase rates and an 11.9% return on equity. The FL Public Service Commission will make a decision before the end of 2025. energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...

A North Carolina Business Court judge will hear Duke Energy's motion to dismiss Carrboro’s climate lawsuit today.

Records obtained by EPI show Southwest Gas President Justin Brown emailed NV Governor Joe Lombardo at the end of the 2025 legislative session requesting he veto SB 442, a bill that would have made utilities publicly disclose disconnections. energyandpolicy.org/southwest-ga...

Philadelphia Gas Works has been exploiting safety PSAs @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social & @phillies.com games to greenwash dirty fossil fuel as "clean". They also gave out “sustainable” hats–at a sold out Phillies game, on the ratepayers’ dime - as they seek a rate hike. whyy.org/articles/pgw...

All of Duke Energy's utility subsidiaries received failing grades in the Sierra Club's new report examining how electric utilities are backsliding on the clean energy transition. www.sierraclub.org/sites/defaul...

St. Louis's utility provider, Ameren, almost tripled disconnections from July to August after it ended a tornado-prompted disconnection pause. This led to the Board of Aldermen passing a resolution calling for them to do more to protect customers. www.stlpr.org/health-scien...

If the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission signs off on BlackRock's plan to buy Minnesota Power, it will have ignored clear warnings from consumer advocates and a judge who've shown it's a bad deal likely to raise costs for utility customers www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

🚨 from @grist.org: A new lawsuit has been filed by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers against the state of Colorado to stop it from requiring natural gas stoves to carry health labels warning about their pollution dangers. grist.org/accountabili...

State regulators in FL are weighing two proposals in what is likely the largest rate hike in US history - one filed by Florida Power & Light and the other by the state's consumer advocate. Learn more about the rate case and what it will mean here: energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...

It's been over 10 years since Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy signed agreements to help advance the City of Minneapolis' clean energy goals yet a new report shows they're still way behind on every metric except the ones the city most fully controls mplscleanenergypartnership.org/documents/20...

New from @keriann-conroy.bsky.social: Southwest Gas' president sent a letter to NV Gov. Lombardo on the final day of the 2025 legislative session urging a veto to a bill that would require utilities to publicly report disconnections. energyandpolicy.org/southwest-ga...

“The EPA basically said, ‘If you want waivers so that you do not have to comply with pollution limits, all you have to do is send us an email.’” insideclimatenews.org/news/0809202...

"By the time Dan Besse clicked open the email message from [email protected], he knew something strange was going on with the campaign to support a local gas pipeline expansion." www.eenews.net/articles/how...

Energy and Policy's @suesturgis.bsky.social talks to @ncnewsline.com about Duke Energy's aspirations to merge Duke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Carolinas into one utility conglomerate. She explains who oversees the decision, intervenors and what this all means. ncnewsline.com/2025/08/25/t...

Energy and Policy's very own @suesturgis.bsky.social talks to @ncnewsline.com about the changes in utility regulation and how North Carolinians are seeing these effects. Listen here: ncnewsline.com/2025/08/25/t...

EPI had to request data on annual groundwater consumption, which the utility provided after asserting "it is SRP's position that it is not subject to the Public Records Act." However, the AZ Supreme Court agrees that SRP is subject to public records law. energyandpolicy.org/power-plant-...

Even a supporter of BlackRock's bid to buy Minnesota Power said private equity ownership of a utility is "fairly novel" and "there's a lot of uncertainty ... about how this is going to work." A judge warned the firm's thirst for profits could lead to higher bills. www.startribune.com/as-state-wei...

Ameren Missouri lobbied heavily for Governor Kehoe's signature energy legislation SB 4 and is now invoking specific provisions of the bill to justify a major gas plant buildout. The problem is Ameren shaped the bill and donated to Kehoe's campaign. energyandpolicy.org/ameren-big-h...

Power plant water consumption data is hard to come by in Arizona, with no agencies requiring utilities to make the numbers readily available to the public, despite growing concern for water availability amongst Arizona voters. energyandpolicy.org/power-plant-...

Metadata found in labor unions' comments supporting the BlackRock takeover of a northern MN utility lists the author of the comment as Dan Lipschultz, a former utility regulator who now works as an attorney for BlackRock. www.levernews.com/this-is-how-...

Steven Clarke from Ceres expressed “fundamental concerns” about the methodology, stating that “[the draft methodology] represents a step backward at a time when investors and other stakeholders require greater sector-specific accountability..." energyandpolicy.org/epri-smartar...

Ameren Missouri, a monopoly utility, invoked Senate Bill 4 - a signature energy bill they lobbied heavily for - in recent testimony with the MO Public Service Commission to justify building a new methane gas plant that could increase costs for customers. energyandpolicy.org/ameren-big-h...

The trillion-dollar asset manager BlackRock is one step away from taking over a utility in northern Minnesota and it appears to be doing everything it can to drown out widespread opposition to the deal. From @levernews.com and @katyaschwenk.bsky.social: www.levernews.com/this-is-how-...

The private equity group trying to buy Minnesota Power appears to be pulling out all the stops to get its deal done despite fierce opposition from consumer advocates, environmental groups, utility customers, and even a judge that reviewed transaction terms www.levernews.com/this-is-how-...

The Electric Power Research Institute recently intro'd a framework for utilities that could end up allowing utilities to scale back on their climate targets. The problem? EPRI's board of directors is made up of utility execs and gets funding from industry. energyandpolicy.org/epri-smartar...

The Electric Power Research Institute proposed a framework that could enable utilities to scale back climate targets, w/o disclosing its industry affiliation, including ~half its funding coming from utilities & nearly all of its board being utility execs. energyandpolicy.org/epri-smartar...

TX's largest transmission & distribution utility, Oncor, has filed for an interim rate increase ahead of its full base rate case, using a failed bill from this past legislative session to justify the procedure. energyandpolicy.org/oncor-tries-...

From @derekseidman.bsky.social: The hotly contested proposal to sell Allete, owner of Minnesota Power, to a private equity group including BlackRock is shaping up to be a test case as asset managers increasingly eye utilities. truthout.org/articles/as-...

NC lawmakers are planning to override Gov. Stein's veto of SB 266, which eliminates Duke Energy's 2030 emissions limits and shifts costs + risks from shareholders to residential users... and now constituents are receiving dark money mailers w/ ties to Duke. energyandpolicy.org/industry-fro...

Public comments supporting a controversial plan to put Minnesota Power under private equity ownership came almost exclusively from individuals and organizations that receive financial support from the utility or its parent company. energyandpolicy.org/financial-su...